Productions
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22 April 2010
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SF 10 vor 10
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Innovation in Dutch greenhouse sector |
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More and more Swiss farmers stop farming. Only last year 860 Swiss farmers stopped farming. Since the Swiss are planning to liberalise trade in the agricultural branch farmers are afraid for the European competition. Correspondent Christoph Nufer comes to the Netherlands to make a reportage about the innovative Dutch greenhouse sector for the background reportage program '10 vor 10'. He visits a red- and green pepper green house of the size of 40 football pitches, where 12.000 tons of peppers are produced every .He also visits a company that produces high quality cherry tomatoes. They even came up with a special name, the honey tomato, since they are so sweet. Although one would expect that cultivating in green houses is very bad for the environment, it turns out to be the opposite. Most greenhouse farmer’s producer their own energy, and give the energy surplus back to the grid. Also earth heat is widely used. Only drawback is the lack of space to produce. According to an environmental lobbyist the Dutch should stop exporting large quantities of vegetables and fruit. Instead they should export the knowledge and start to produce together with the farmers abroad.
Activities: research, advice, set-up and planning, book hotel rooms, accompany filming.